Richmond Times-Dispatch - Father and son stood in front of the burning candles, flowers and family photos. The older man's hand rested protectively on the younger boy's lanky shoulders.

Like so many parents and students in the week after the Virginia Tech massacre, Ward and 14-year-old Jeb Burton spent a quiet moment among the Hokies community reading the many words written by family, friends and strangers to the victims.

As a father with one daughter in college and another headed there in a few years, the NASCAR Nextel Cup driver said he just wanted to be there to show his support.

Cho Family StatementStatement by Sun-Kyung Cho, sister of Seung-Hui Cho, on behalf of herself and her family.

On behalf of our family, we are so deeply sorry for the devastation my brother has caused. No words can express our sadness that 32 innocent people lost their lives this week in such a terrible, senseless tragedy.

We are heartbroken.

We grieve alongside the families, the Virginia Tech community, our State of Virginia, and the rest of the nation. And, the world.

We pray for their families and loved ones who are experiencing so much excruciating grief. And we pray for those who were injured and for those whose lives are changed forever because of what they witnessed and experienced.

Each of these people had so much love, talent and gifts to offer, and their lives were cut short by a horrible and senseless act.

We are humbled by this darkness. We feel hopeless, helpless and lost. This is someone that I grew up with and loved. Now I feel like I didn't know this person.

We have always been a close, peaceful and loving family. My brother was quiet and reserved, yet struggled to fit in. We never could have envisioned that he was capable of so much violence.

He has made the world weep. We are living a nightmare.

There is much justified anger and disbelief at what my brother did, and a lot of questions are left unanswered. Our family will continue to cooperate fully and do whatever we can to help authorities understand why these senseless acts happened. We have many unanswered questions as well.

Our family is so very sorry for my brother's unspeakable actions. It is a terrible tragedy for all of us.